Hi Steve I agree Steve perl is perfectly fine for the stuff I described but I am also interested trying alternatives. I am seeing quite interesting data handling stuff coming up in Python and I would like to try and sometimes as a programmer I dont like so many ways of doing the same things but it is subjective. Having many options can be good for some.
-Abhi On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 11:20 AM, Steve Willoughby <st...@alchemy.com>wrote: > On 21-Mar-12 11:03, Abhishek Pratap wrote: > >> Hi Guys >> >> I am in the process of perl to python transition for good. I wanted to >> > > Why? Perl is still a perfectly good tool. Just not, IMHO, good for > exactly the same things Python is good for. > > > 1. stitch pipelines : I want python to act as a glue allowing me to run >> various linux shell based programs. If needed wait for a program to >> finish and then move on, logs if required >> > > Look at the subprocess standard library module. It offers a complete set > of options for launching processes, piping their data aound, waiting for > them, handling exceptions, and so forth. > >
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